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Annual Routine Screenings

Annual Routine Screenings: which consist of hearing and vision, are done at each grade level according to state requirements. If you have questions about these screenings or would like to request an earlier check or recheck, or would like to opt out of having your child screened, please notify the nurse. Immunizations are reviewed yearly for each student. All students must be vaccinated according to State requirements or supply the school with a signed immunization exemption form. This form must be reviewed and signed every year. Exemption laws have changed, so please be sure you know the expectations around vaccination. Call the school nurse with any questions.

Illness

Illness: All well children are expected to be in school every day. Any child with a temperature elevation of 100 degrees or more, nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea should stay home until symptoms are gone. Students who demonstrate these symptoms during the school day will be sent home. A student must be free of fever and vomiting, without the aid of medication, for at least 24 hours before returning to school.

Medication

Medication: Whenever possible, medicine should be administered at home. Occasionally, however, medicine must be taken during school hours. If your child takes medicine during the day while at school, the following procedures must be followed:

The school must have written or verbal orders from the child’s physician giving the name of the physician, the name of the drug, the dosage, and when the medicine must be given.
All medication (prescription and nonprescription) must be in the container properly labeled by a pharmacy or physician which gives the name of the physician, the name of the drug, the dosage, and when the medicine must be given.
We must have written permission from the parent or legal guardian.
All communication about medications should be made through the nurse.

Over-the-counter medications such as Tylenol, ibuprofen, cough syrup, and Tums can be administered at school with your consent at the beginning of the year. This permission form comes home in August and signing it covers the entire school year. Please call your school’s Nurse, with any questions regarding the medication procedures.